Theatre Organ Pops
Volume 29, Nos. 3–4 • March – April 2018 www.pstos.org • www.facebook.com/pstos 2018 Series AN POPS G OR Toe-tapping tunes THEATRE from the 1920s, ’30s, ’40s From Washington D.C. TEDDE GIBSON plays the 3-manual 25-rank Kimball-Wurlitzer Theatre Pipe Organ Calvary Christian Assembly 6801 Roosevelt Way NE • Seattle Saturday, April 14, 2 PM ADMISSION (For those who are not series subscribers) PSTOS members $20 – Non-members $25 Age 16 and under FREE with adult Tedde Gibson, an eclectic musician whose chosen instrument is the organ, plays classical pipe organ, theatre organ, and Hammond. To purchase tickets online , see page 3 He also plays gospel, jazz and classical piano. His several recordings of the 4-manual 38-rank Hardman Studio theatre organ located in Great Falls, VA incorporate the wonderful sounds of this instrument SPECIAL BONUS for organists, AGO members, in a unique mix of music from gospel to hymns to jazz. piano students, Hammond players! A native of Tacoma, WA, he began playing piano at age four and Tedde will present a FREE WORKSHOP pipe organ at age 16. He studied classical organ with the late Dr. Edward Hansen and Dr. Carol Terry, classical organ improvisation “Gospel music, orchestral transcriptions, with Dr. J. Melvin Butler and David Dahl, and theatre organ stylings with Jonas Nordwall. He was a featured organist at Pizza & Pipes and more— on the theatre organ” in Tacoma. Since 2003 he has resided in the metropolitan DC area Friday evening, April 13, 7–9 PM where he is active in both the theatre and church organ scenes.
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